{"product_id":"introducing-philosophy-through-pop-culture-9781119757177","title":"Introducing Philosophy Through Pop Culture","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSources xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: What is Philosophy? 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocrates and the Spirit of Philosophy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Flatulence and Philosophy: A Lot of Hot Air, or the Corruption of Youth? 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam W. Young, III\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLogic and Fallacies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Chewbacca Defense: \u003ci\u003eA South Park \u003c\/i\u003eLogic Lesson 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Arp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelativism and Truth\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Wikiality, Truthiness, and Gut Thinking: Doing Philosophy Colbert Style 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Kyle Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Epistemology 35\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ethics of Belief\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 You Know, I Learned Something Today: Stan Marsh and the Ethics of Belief 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHenry Jacoby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSkepticism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Tumbling Down the Rabbit Hole: Knowledge, Reality, and the Pit of Skepticism 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatt Lawrence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefinition of Knowledge\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Adama's True Lie: Earth and the Problem of Knowledge 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEric J. Silverman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Wakandan Resources: The Epistemological Reality of \u003ci\u003eBlack Panther\u003c\/i\u003e’s Fiction 62\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRuby Komic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Metaphysics 71\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nature of Reality\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Life on a Holodeck: What \u003ci\u003eStar Trek \u003c\/i\u003eCan Teach Us About the True Nature of Reality 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDara Fogel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMind and Body\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Astral Bodies and Cartesian Souls: Mind–Body Dualism in \u003ci\u003eDoctor Strange \u003c\/i\u003e82\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDean A. Kowalski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Mind and Body in Zion 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatt Lawrence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePersonal Identity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Amnesia, Personal Identity, and the Many Lives of Wolverine 101\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJason Southworth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFreedom and Determinism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Consolation of Bilbo: Providence and Free Will in Middle-Earth 107\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrant Sterling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Inception and Free Will: Are They Compatible? 115\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn R. Fitzpatrick and David Kyle Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsciousness and Artificial Intelligence\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Turing's Dream and Searle's Nightmare in \u003ci\u003eWestworld \u003c\/i\u003e123\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLucia Carrillo González\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 What is it Like to Be a Host? 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBradley Richards\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTime Travel\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Time Travel in \u003ci\u003eAvengers: Endgame \u003c\/i\u003e136\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Kyle Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Philosophy of Religion 145\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Problem of Evil\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 \u003ci\u003eSouth Park, \u003c\/i\u003eCartmanland, and the Problem of Evil 147\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Kyle Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Existence of God\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Hidden Mickeys and the Hiddenness of God 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert K. Garcia and Timothy Pickavance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFaith\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 The Jedi Knights of Faith: Anakin, Luke, and Soren (Kierkegaard) 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam A. Lindenmuth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Ethics 173\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUtilitarianism and Deontology\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Why Doesn't Batman Kill the Joker? 175\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark D. White\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Means, Ends, and the Critique of Pure Superheroes 183\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. Robert Loftis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVirtue Ethics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Can Eleanor Really Become a Better Person? (\u003ci\u003eThe Good Place\u003c\/i\u003e) 191\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEric J. Silverman and Zachary Swanson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFriendship\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 \"You're a Sucky, Sucky Friend\": Seeking Aristotelian Friendship in \u003ci\u003eThe Big Bang Theory \u003c\/i\u003e198\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDean A. Kowalski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStoicism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 \"You Are Asking Me to Be Rational\": Stoic Philosophy and the Jedi Order 207\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatt Hummel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Challenges to Traditional Ethics 215\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNietzschean Critique\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Rediscovering Nietzsche's Ûbermensch in Superman as a Heroic Ideal 217\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArno Bogaerts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExistentialist Ethics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Knowing Who You Are: Existence Precedes Essence in \u003ci\u003eMoana \u003c\/i\u003e228\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam J. Devlin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeminist Critique\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Becoming a (Wonder) Woman: Feminism, Nationalism, and the Ambiguity of Female Identity 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. Lenore Wright\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 The Silence of Our Mother: Eywa as the Voice of Feminine Care Ethics (\u003ci\u003eAvatar\u003c\/i\u003e) 245\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge A. Dunn and Nicolas Michaud\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironmental Ethics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 \"Everything Is Backwards Now\": \u003ci\u003eAvatar, \u003c\/i\u003eAnthropocentrism, and Relational Reason 253\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeremy David Bendik-Keymer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII: Social and Political Philosophy 263\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Contract Theory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Maester Hobbes Goes to King's Landing (\u003ci\u003eGame of Thrones\u003c\/i\u003e) 265\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreg Littmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 \u003ci\u003eLost'\u003c\/i\u003es State of Nature 273\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Davies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarxism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Federation Trekonomics: Marx, the Federation, and the Shift from Necessity to Freedom 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeff Ewing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRawls\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Superman and Justice 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher Robichaud\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibertarianism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Cartman Shrugged: \u003ci\u003eSouth Park \u003c\/i\u003eand Libertarian Philosophy 299\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul A. Cantor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRace\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Ninjas, Kobe Bryant, and Yellow Plastic: The LEGO Minifigure and Race 311\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoy T. Cook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 When Tech Meets Tradition: How Wakandan Technology Transcends Anti-Blackness 321\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimothy E. Brown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitical Manipulation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 \u003ci\u003eBlack Mirror \u003c\/i\u003eand Political Manipulation: How Are We Tricked into Dehumanizing Others? 329\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBertha Alvarez Manninen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe #MeToo Movement\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 \u003ci\u003eBlack Mirror \u003c\/i\u003eand #DeathTo: What Are the Consequences of Trial by Twitter? 338\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAline Maya\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII: Eastern Views 349\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 The Brick, the Plate, and the Uncarved Block: LEGO as an Expression of the \u003ci\u003eDao \u003c\/i\u003e351\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteve Bein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 LEGO, Impermanence, and Buddhism 359\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Kahn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Zen and the Art of Imagineering: Disney's Escapism Versus Buddhism's Liberation 367\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteve Bein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IX: The Afterlife and Meaning 375\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 375\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Afterlife Gives Meaning\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Beyond Godric's Hollow: Life After Death and the Search for Meaning (\u003ci\u003eHarry Potter\u003c\/i\u003e) 377\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJonathan L. Walls and Jerry L. Walls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Afterlife Wouldn't Give Meaning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Why it Wouldn't be Rational to Believe You're in The Good Place (and Why You Wouldn't Want to Be Anyway) 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Kyle Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 393\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407139643735,"sku":"9781119757177","price":20.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119757177.jpg?v=1730498316","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/introducing-philosophy-through-pop-culture-9781119757177","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}